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The pandemic lockdowns across Sydney and Melbourne that hurt legal trade also exacerbated a shortage of illegal drugs at the same time as demand soared.
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Glock ghost guns up for grabs on the dark web 24 March 2021
Australians have access to a wide variety of untraceable ghost guns online along with a significant market of 3D printed weapon blueprints and kits, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU).
The report found conventional handguns were most popular on the dark web with illicit market vendors offering stealth packaging to Australia.
Glock semi-automatic pistols made up over half, 57 per cent, of all the handguns sold. There are lots of Glocks available. They are the standard law enforcement side arm, you see them in action movies, lead author Professor Roderic Broadhurst, from the ANU Cybercrime Observatory, said.
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CROSS-border police operations targeting the dark web have had a significant impact on the availability of opioids, in particular the lethal drug fentanyl, according to a new ANU report.
“Since their inception, dark web markets have continued to evolve and they present unique problems to law enforcement agencies,” says emeritus professor at the ANU Cybercrime Observatory, Roderic Broadhurst.
“We found evidence that shutdowns resulting from transnational police operations dispersed and displaced markets, vendors and buyers, and it also reduced the availability of these drugs and their prices rose on the markets.”
When a darknet market is closed or a specific product is targeted, the report commissioned by the Australian Institute of Criminology’s (AIC) Serious and Organised Crime Research Laboratory, found the impact is complex and subtle.